The Detail Man and the Thoughtless Physician.

Toledo, Ohio, Dec. 28, 1905. To the Editor: —Recently the representative of a wholesale drug house was in my office. The man is, I think, a truthful man. Two years ago he had with him a powder, which he said had been tested by competent physicians and had proved itself an almost unfailing cure for cancer. About a year later he had with him some tablets which he said were a compound, of which the original powder was the base, and that extensive and scientific tests had proved the tablets to be a sure cure for tuberculosis. He showed a formula with each of these articles, but what they were made of, of course, does not matter. The matter for wonder is that a man with such a layout could make a living soliciting among physicians. Knowing the man and believing him to be honest, I believe him when he